Homeland Security plans for new airline passenger screening system

[douglas9]

Terrorist watch lists used by the Transportation Security Administration may not be as large as previously surmised, the Homeland Security Department’s top official said.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff publicly disclosed the sizes of the TSA’s no-fly and selectee lists last week in an attempt to quash rumors that the lists are ballooning. In a news conference in Washington, D.C., Chertoff said less than 2,500 people were on the no-fly list, and the majority of them were overseas.

"Less than 10 percent are Americans," Chertoff said.

There are also fewer than 16,000 selectees and most are not Americans, he said, without giving a percentage.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/998944.html

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1. 10% of the people on the no-fly list are Americans?

That's an enormous percentage.

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2. If they're too dangerous to fly... and we know who and where they are...

why the hell aren't we arresting them, instead of hassling every American that walks into an airport?

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3. I assume that you're being sarcastic

We all know that the real target of these sorts of measure is everyday Americans.

Any fascist regime worth its salt will intimidate and cower the populace.

The security threat level btw has been Orange since it came out.